Belarus opposition figure detained at Ukraine border

FILE PHOTO: Politician and representative of the Coordination Council for members of the Belarusian opposition Maria Kolesnikova attends a news conference in Minsk, Belarus Aug 24, 2020. MINSK: One of Belarus's leading opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova has been detained while trying to cross into Ukraine, border officials said on Tuesday .

Kolesnikova was detained while attempting to cross overnight with two other members of the opposition's Coordination Council who were able to pass through to Ukraine, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee, told AFP.She and the two other council members, press secretary Anton Rodnenkov and executive secretary Ivan Kravtsov, had disappeared on Monday.

Bychkovsky said Rodnenkov and Kravtsov were able to cross into Ukraine, and the Ukrainian embassy in Minsk confirmed to AFP they were in the country. Kolesnikova was being held and"an investigation is under way to legally assess the situation," Bychkovsky said. State news agency Belta quoted border officials as saying the three had tried to cross the border in a BMW car around 4am on Tuesday.The Coordination Council was set up to ensure a peaceful transfer of power after President Alexander Lukashenko's main rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya rejected his claim to have won an Aug 9 presidential election with 80 per cent of the vote.and a harsh police crackdown that has seen several thousand people arrested.

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